2010-03 SAR Fundamentals/Schedule

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This is a trail schedule for the SAR Fundamentals course hosted by PCSAR.

It is intended to help instructors schedule their sections. It is not intended for students as a commitment of what will be taught when. Times are only approximate. Elements may be moved around.

• sar-fund schedule

Contents 1 Evening 1 2 Day 2 3 Day 3 4 Assigned Reading 5 Evening 4 6 Day 5 7 Evening 5 8 Day 6 9 not covered

[edit] Evening 1

Typically a Friday. 18:00-21:30

Introductions and Registration

0.5hr - 18:00-18:30

The SAR Role

1.0 hr - 18:30-19:30

break

0.25 hr - 19:30-19:45

Anatomy of an Incident

1.5hr 19:45-21:15

flex

0.25 hr - 21:15-21:30

buffer for overruns

Q's, discussion, prep for next day, clean up

[edit] Day 2

Typically a Saturday. 09:00-17:00

Start-up

0.5 hr - 09:00-09:30

sign in

exam on previous day's material

Ready Pack

1.0 hr - 09:30-10:30

break

0.25 - 10:30-10:45

Anatomy of an incident (cont)

0.5hr 10:45-11:15

spend time repacking my pack

Organization and Incident Command

0.5hr 11:15-11:45

flex

0.25hr - 11:45-12:00

buffer for overruns

questions

lunch

12:00-12:30

Navigation, part 1

4.5 hr - 12:30-17:00

[edit] Day 3

Typically a Sunday. 09:00-17:00

Start-up

0.5 hr - 09:00-09:30

sign in

exam on previous day's material

Navigation, part 2, instruments - indoor

1.75hr - 09:30 - 11:30

includes break

0.25 - 10:30-10:45

Assigned reading

0.25 hr - 11:45 - 12:00

lunch

12:00-12:30

Search Skills and Compass Practical

15:00 interrupt by avalanche call to CMR.

Had been split into 3 teams:

• Team A - completed Compass, Type 2.
• Team B - completed Type 1, Type 4.
• Team C - completed Type 4, Compass.

[edit] Assigned Reading

See Readings.

[edit] Evening 4

Friday, 2 weeks after the previous weekend. 18:00-21:30

Start-up

0.5 hr - 18:00-18:30

sign in

exam on previous day's material

Review assigned reading

0.45 hr - 18:30-19:15 (Brett)

break

0.25 hr - 19:15-20:30 (Brett)

Communications

0.45 hr - 19:30-20:15 (Brett)

Navigation, part 3, instruments - practical - GPS

1.25 hr : 20:30-21:30 (Brett)

[edit] Day 5

Saturday. 08:30-17:00

Start-up

0.5 hr - 08:30-09:00 (Brett)

sign in

exam on previous day's material

Briefing and debriefing

0.75 hr - 09:00-09:45 (Brett/Spencer)

Lost person behaviour

0.5hr - 09:45-10:15 (Spencer)

break

0.25hr - 10:15-10:30

First Aid

1.0 hr - 10:30-11:30 (Brett)

Cold Weather SAR

0.5 hr - 11:30-12:00 (Brett)

lunch

12:00-12:30

Search Team Leader

0.5hr - 12:30-13:00 (Brett)

Tracking

0.5hr - 13:00-13:30 (Brett)

Search Skills and Compass Practical

13:30 marshal at MD Meeting room

• regroup in teams from last time
  • Team A - completed Compass, Type 2 - moves to Type 4
  • Team B - completed Type 1, Type 4 - moves to Compass
  • Team C - completed Type 4, Compass - moves to Type 2

13:45 rotation 3

• • Team A - Type 4 (Spencer)
  • Team B - Compass (Brett)
  • Team C - Type 1 (Ron)

14:45 Type 2 (All)

15:45 Type 3 (Brett)

16:00 done

break

incorporated in above

0.25hr - moves to 16:15

Evacuation

0.50 hr - 16:15-16:45 (Cindy)

flex

buffer for overruns

0.25hr - 16:45-17:00

Q's, prep for mock search

[edit] Evening 5

Typically the same Saturday evening.

18:30 marshal at MD meeting room, convoy to Eric Bruder's ranch

Mock Search

19:00-22:00 evening (All)

[edit] Day 6

Sunday. 08:30-17:30

Stress

0.75 hr - 08:30-09:00 (Brett)

Critique

1.0 hr - 09:00-10:00 (Cindy)

break

0.25 - 10:00-10:15

Review

0.5 hr - 10:15-10:45 (Brett)

verify sign in

distribute course evaluations (form)

exam on previous day's material

Search Probability Theory

0.75hr - 10:45-11:30 (Brett)

Foot Travel Skills

0.25hr - 11:30-11:45 (Spencer)

Flex

0.25hr - 11:45-12:00

lunch

0.5 hr - 12:00-12:30

Survival

0.75 hr - 12:30-13:15 (Brett)

Helicopter

0.75 hr - 13:15-14:00 (Cindy)

Air Observer Guidelines

1 hr - 14:00-15:00 (Ron)

break

0.25 - 15:00-15:15

Evidence handling

0.5 hr - 15:15-15:45 (Roy)

Legal Aspects

0.5hr - 15:45-16:15 (Roy)

External influences

0.5hr - 16:15-16:45 (Brett)

SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.30 "Handling External Influences"

(family, media, politics)

Review

0.5 hr - 16:45-17:15 (Brett)

exam on day's material

Wrap up

0.25 hr - 17:15-17:30 (All)

• certificates, congratulations
• log books
• going forward
  • maintaining certification
  • joining SAR groups
    • SAR Alberta
  • other training that is possible
• return lent texts, compasses
• return cheques

[edit] not covered

The following material is not explicitly scheduled and where appropriate will be covered in earlier sections.

Navigation - Lat/Long

0.75 hr

SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch13

SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"

Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"

Rationale to not include: SAR workers only use lat/long when interfacing with members of the public and air searchers. Conversion to UTM can be accomplished by a suitably trained person in the planning section.

Navigation - Legal Land Description, Road Numbering System, Municipal Approach Numbering System

1.5 hr

2006-09-30 10:15 11:45

SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"

Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"

Rationale to not include: SAR workes only use LLD and its derivatives when navigating to the search site and interfacing with the public and municipal workers. Navigation by LLD is a difficult skill to maintain. Conversion to UTM can be accomplished by a suitably trained person in the planning section.

Rope rescue

1.25 hr

SAR Fundamentals Manual:

• Ch.24 "Rope Rescue Equipment"
• Ch.25 "Rope Related Skills"

Basic SAR Skills Manual:

• Ch.21 "Rope Rescue Equipment"
• Ch.22 "Rope Knots and Skills"

related skills-exercise on knots

Rationale to not include: To assist in a rope rescue takes considerably more training than can be included in this course.

Mountain Bike SAR

Basic SAR Skills Manual: F-12 "Mountain Bike SAR"

Rationale to not include: A speciality not often encountered.